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Spada di Bolognese Teaches Renaissance Fencing by Doing It

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A Brisbane HEMA club reconstructs sixteenth-century Italian fencing from historical manuals, then tests it through drilling and sparring.

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Spada di Bolognese makes a wonderfully specific promise: learn the Bolognese sidesword and its companion weapons at a Thursday-night session in Forest Lake. Its copy clearly explains the mechanism—read the old fencing texts, work out the problem they address, and face a partner genuinely trying to hit you—while making beginners feel invited rather than intimidated.

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